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Species Renia adspergillus - Speckled Renia Moth - Hodges#8386

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · See Also · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Renia
Species adspergillus (Speckled Renia Moth - Hodges#8386)
Hodges Number
8386
Other Common Names
The Gray Renia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Renia adspergillus (Bosc, [1800])
Renia larvalis (Grote, 1872)
Size
wingspan is about 25 mm.
Range
eastern North America
Quebec to Michigan south to Louisiana and Florida
See Also
Renia salusalis, which has shorter palps on the male.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - species account with photographs of pinned adults and DNA sequences.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 16 July, 2005 - 2:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Nick Block
Last updated 2 September, 2018 - 4:08pm

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